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We went this afternoon for "back to school night" so we could meet the boys' principal and teachers. Since I'm on second shift, may be abt the only time this school year they get to see my involvement. Schools seem to cater to day shift parents. I had a discussion with their bus driver abt our...

The garden I had tilled up the other day is roughly a 40'x25' area and could get expanded some. I plan to set out some asparagus starts in a row this year, and have a place to dump and spread manure. I decided I didn't want just a manure pile to deal with. Next year I plan on sweetcorn...

I feel blessed, and good stress is better than bad stress.

I have a question for anybody that knows. I haven't seen @Wehner Homestead since becoming active again. Since she is one of the few on here from Indiana, I like to keep up.

Until now, I had self-employment health care during Obama administration. The Roth IRA I had until just before The Move, was low enough that it didn't hurt to cash it in for some money needed to go toward down payment. Cashed in pretty much all savings we had to start over. NOW I am finding out...

Thanks for my report on your pond. We too in Indiana had an unusual above average rain that kept the corn from being planted until dangerous cutoff dates. Most got planted. Some fields that don't drain well are just weeds this year. I have always heard from the old timers that if you get wet...

I have been wondering how your pond shaped up. You were hoping for Winter snow and Spring melt to fill it since working so hard on it last Fall. Sorry for such an abrupt question requiring a possibly long answer. You can make it as brief as you want. :caf

I have never tried to foster at that age, but when I have meat pens, sometimes I combine 2 small litters, and they do fine. The doe is obviously not part of that equation, so...

The other thing I forgot to add is, if you have two hind legs with sharp tips, I will pair them and stab the sharp bones from one into the meaty thigh of the other and for best descriptive purposes it creates a "69" shape o_O

Unless you're wanting a "handle" to hold while eating, you're not even getting that much meat in the area in question. You could remove that lower leg bone at the thigh and not lose much meat. BUT, all the other suggestions I have read on here are good too. Deboning takes more time and effort...

It's a bit of a stretch, but I rescued a German Shepherd once that was a year and a half and looked like a walking skeleton with hair. He did very similar. Hair changed out to a beautiful coat and body toned up. It's amazing how a malnourished animal can get healthy. I am sure the larger the...

I like 10- 12 week old fryers. Anything older is better for roasting or crock pot. Rule of thumb used to be 5lbs by 10 weeks. Any older does add more kidney fat and lymph node fat under the armpits. I feel it changes the flavor too. If it gets older and you want to fry it, I soak portions in...

When we put in the offer on our new place, our bank wouldn't approve the loan due to the outdated septic system. The overflow went away from the tank and right to the creek. We were $15,000 over asking price to get the sellers to accept, so they weren't happy with an $11,000 system, but still...

I use frozen 3L bottles and some 1gal bottles for the adults when it gets close to 90degs. My kits in the boxes get a frozen 1L bottle and it stays frozen a lot longer than the bigger bottles with air flowing underneath and around them. They do pretty well if they don't lay up against them, but...

They are only kids once, and I have no problem letting them have their fantasy time to enjoy provided it doesn't over shadow the true meaning of the two Holidays mentioned. As adults, we still have stockings at Mom and Dad's. It's just the little extra finishing touches and surprises. And, at...

Yah, if it's hot enough the buck lays around cooling himself down by exposing his man parts, could be sterile, but if mine have not done it a lot, don't seem stressed, or it cools back off some, I've had pretty good success. The frozen 3liter bottles of water to lay in with them helps quite a...

Yep, Santa and the Tooth Fairy, the Easter Bunny all seem to fade out when they get to 10 or so when their classmates all discuss it. I'm hoping the older doesn't blow it for the younger one. They're both spoiled anyway ;)

New moms are really a gamble, especially in buns. Will she get bred, have a live litter, have a good sized litter, come into milk in time, actually nurse her litter, etc,etc.? When those variables don't all come together, how many chances does she get to get it all right before culling? I've had...

@B&B Happy goats, still did the Tooth Fairy, but then Mom saves the baby teeth. @RollingAcres, I am ready to be past the parties, and onto just a friend or two come over and dinner. I still have to make it through the 6 year olds parties a while longer.

My oldest is a January baby. Right after Christmas, already planning a birthday party. Or, at least my wife does. Haha. That must make the difference in school years. He is generally among the older kids in his class, but the September thru December kids that did make the cutoff are older. My...